diff --git a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/microbot/MicrobotApi.java b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/microbot/MicrobotApi.java
index 97d017fab7..4e2e4105b1 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/microbot/MicrobotApi.java
+++ b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/microbot/MicrobotApi.java
@@ -127,12 +127,14 @@ public void onFailure(Call call, IOException e)
             @Override
             public void onResponse(Call call, Response response)
             {
-                if (!response.isSuccessful())
+                boolean successful = response.isSuccessful();
+                int code = response.code();
+                response.close();
+                if (!successful)
                 {
-                    log.debug("Error telemetry upload rejected: HTTP {}", response.code());
+                    log.debug("Error telemetry upload rejected: HTTP {}", code);
                     onRejected.run();
                 }
-                response.close();
             }
         });
     }
diff --git a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/microbot/diagnostics/ScriptErrorReporter.java b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/microbot/diagnostics/ScriptErrorReporter.java
index ad4424a41d..d9a37b78c2 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/microbot/diagnostics/ScriptErrorReporter.java
+++ b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/microbot/diagnostics/ScriptErrorReporter.java
@@ -153,7 +153,15 @@ private void send()
 		payload.addProperty("osName", System.getProperty("os.name"));
 		payload.addProperty("osArch", System.getProperty("os.arch"));
 		payload.add("errors", errors);
-		microbotApi.submitErrors(payload, () -> requeue(errors));
+		try
+		{
+			microbotApi.submitErrors(payload, () -> requeue(errors));
+		}
+		catch (RuntimeException e)
+		{
+			requeue(errors);
+			throw e;
+		}
 	}
 
 	public void rememberPlayerName(String name)
diff --git a/runelite-client/src/test/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/microbot/diagnostics/ScriptErrorReporterTest.java b/runelite-client/src/test/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/microbot/diagnostics/ScriptErrorReporterTest.java
index 4e2b75375a..f524a8d64b 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/test/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/microbot/diagnostics/ScriptErrorReporterTest.java
+++ b/runelite-client/src/test/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/microbot/diagnostics/ScriptErrorReporterTest.java
@@ -193,6 +193,15 @@ public void requeuesRejectedBatch()
 		assertEquals(2, captor.getValue().getAsJsonArray("errors").get(0).getAsJsonObject().get("count").getAsInt());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void requeuesBatchWhenSubmitThrows()
+	{
+		org.mockito.Mockito.doThrow(new IllegalArgumentException("bad url")).when(api).submitErrors(any(), any());
+		log(Level.ERROR, "loop failed", boom());
+		reporter.flush();
+		assertEquals(1, reporter.pendingCount());
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void groupsMessagesThatOnlyDifferInNumbers()
 	{